DiverseTheatreBC

Visceral Visions seeks 12 theatre artists for the position of Ambassador, whose role will be to assist in building the DiverseTheatreBC online community by recruiting peers to register in DTBC. In addition to a monthly honorarium, Ambassadors will be provided with a ticket budget to attend an average of 2 shows per month, and a hospitality budget to meet with Indigenous and racialized artists (IARA), inform them about DTBC, and encourage them to sign up. All ambassadors must be IARA living in the Greater Vancouver Area. Click here for details and application information. Deadline for application is Friday, August 17, midnight.

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DiverseTheatreBC (DTBC) is envisioned to be a digital platform that will promote and foster intersectional interculturalism throughout the BC professional theatre sector. Its central tool would be a fully searchable database of Indigenous and racialized theatre artists – performers, playwrights, directors, designers, opera singers, stage managers, and other theatre professionals – to which engagers (theatre companies, film/TV casting directors, indie directors/producers, schools, social non-profits) may access as subscribers. Other digital tools and educational enhancements would be added as demand dictates and funding allows; once established, the goal is to expand nationally to become DiverseTheatreCanada.

DTBC will be a powerful tool for building a more inclusive theatre culture that more authentically reflects Canada by promoting Indigenous and racialized artists (IARA); increasing hiring opportunities for IARA; and fostering intercultural connection, community, and artistic collaboration. DTBC would be searchable by gender, ethnic heritage (Indigenous, African, East Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South Asian, mixed racial heritage), dialects, languages, artistic skills, and other fields as determined by research data gathered through community consultations.

In 2017, the support of a leading group of arts organizations was formalized through the establishment of the DTBC Working Group, whose membership includes:

For those with privacy concerns, please note that DTBC will not be a public database; artists and potential engagers will need to apply for log-in access. The privacy and safety of our artistic community is a priority; DTBC will comply with all provincial and federal privacy legislation.

It's been said that farmers don't grow crops; they create the essential conditions for crops to grow. DTBC will be a vital tool to break systemic divides, disrupt institutionalized structures, and create conditions under which theatre artists of colour – and by extension, the wider Canadian theatre ecology – can thrive. We are therefore grateful for support from:

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I would like to receive updates on the development of the DiverseTheatreBC site.

I am a theatre artist who self-identifies as Aboriginal, African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or mixed racial heritage (i.e. who belongs to at least one of the aforementioned groups), and want to be included in the database when it launches.

I am a potential engager (i.e. theatre company, independent director/producer, casting director), and would be interested in subscribing to DiverseTheatreBC when it launches.